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Hollywood stylists got paid what to make their clients look like that?!
Hollywood, CA – March 10: Erika Alexander arriving on the red carpet at the 96th Annual Academy Awards in Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, CA, Sunday, March 10, 2024. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) 
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 10: Emma Stone poses in the press room during the 96th Annual Academy Awards at Ovation Hollywood on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic) 
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 10: Andrea Riseborough attends the 96th Annual Academy Awards on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by JC Olivera/Getty Images) 
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 10: In this handout photo provided by A.M.P.A.S., Emily Blunt is seen backstage during the 96th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Al Seib/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images) 
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 10: Dwayne Johnson attends the 96th Annual Academy Awards on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic) 
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 10: Jennifer Lawrence attends the 96th Annual Academy Awards on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
The Oscars red carpet this year – with a few exceptions – was a disaster.
Sure, Zendaya looked great in Armani Prive, Margot Robbie looked fine in Versace, and Anya Taylor-Joy and America Ferraro were luminescent in Dior and Versace (respectively). Emma Stone was OK in Louis Vuitton (until the zipper broke on her bespoke gown)… but then there was the cotton candy disaster of Ariana Grande in Giambattista Valli, Cynthia Erivo in the lizard-like green leather Louis Vuitton creation, Andrea Riseborough in the Loewe tartan disaster, and the ultimate disaster: Erika Alexander in a Christian Siriano creation (the nicest word I could think of for this frock).
But how much did these stylists get paid to dress these stars so poorly? My Hollywood insider said the going rate stylists get per client per booking, is between “$60,000 and $100,000 depending on the celebrity caliber.” And that isn’t even the cost of the dress (which is usually loaned/borrowed and then returned).
Wayne Scott Lukas, the long time stylist for Janet Jackson, Tina Turner and Christie Brinkley fumed to me, “Stylists used to get $10k a day and t here were just a few of us. What’s changed is now everyone is a stylist — and undercutting people who actually know clothes and fashion. (The new stylists) don’t have the relationships at couture houses and bring in ugly fashion — and get commissions from the designers. They put celebrity power in their pockets and cut deals everywhere. They get free bags and dresses in exchange for putting their stuff on celebrities (on top of being paid by celebrities).
“If I took a gift or commission I lost my integrity to my client,” Scott Lukas said. “And the clients should be more aware that they are being made to look foolish for a stylists financial gain. When your creativity is based on transactions… the only winner is the stylist who got the money or the gift.”
